Queens continue to stay hot while the Kings score six goals but fall to the Trojans
Calgary and Red Deer, November 10, 2023 – The Red Deer Polytechnic Queens extend their winning streak to seven games following a 2-0 shutout victory over the SAIT Trojans. The Kings, on the other hand, were not so lucky as they fell to the Trojans in a 13-goal game.
See below for more information regarding each game.
Women's Hockey – Queens 2 at SAIT Trojans 0
Following two scoreless periods, the Queens would score twice in the third period to shut out the SAIT Trojans on Saturday night in Calgary.
Going into the third period, the Queens were getting outshot 22-20 by the Trojans. In net for SAIT was goaltender Madison Fox, who played for RDP last season. She was named the player of the game for the Trojans in the loss.
In the final 20 minutes of play, the Queens finally were able to solve Fox as forward Avery Lajeunesse (Bachelor of Education) found the back of the net after picking up the puck on the blueline and driving towards the net.
RDP would add an insurance marker a few minutes later. Forward Chloe Belter managed to tip home a shot from defence Jessica Bouffard (Business Diploma) for the Queens second of the game. Belter was later named the player of the game in the 2-0 victory.
Goaltender Izzy Palumbo (Bachelor of Business Administration) stopped all 26 shots in her fifth win of the season.
The Queens will be back on the road tomorrow afternoon as they clash with the Medicine Hat College Rattlers for a 4:15 pm puck drop.
Men's Hockey – SAIT Trojans 7 at Kings 6
Forward Chase Haygarth (Business Administration) would give the Kings a great start to their weekend series against the Trojans as he opened the scoring five minutes into the game.
Ten minutes later, the Trojans would find the equalizer as forward Zach Cain (Bachelor of Business Administration) found the back of the net.
But moments later, Haygarth would score his second of the game to regain the Kings lead.
Following a Kings penalty, the Trojans would only need a few seconds on the powerplay to find the equalizer with forward Brett Trentham (Petroleum Engineering Tech) scoring his fifth goal of the season.
At the end of the first period, the Kings were outshooting the Trojans 18-10.
SAIT would open the scoring on the powerplay in the early goings of the second and take their first lead of the game with a goal from forward Kaden Hanas (Bachelor of Business Administration).
Minutes later, the Trojans would double their lead with a breakaway goal scored by forward Zach Cox (Business Administration).
Moments after the Kings killed off a penalty, forward Jaxon Steele (Bachelor of Kinesiology) used the remaining three seconds on the powerplay.
Forward Easton Haygarth (Bachelor of Education) would join his brother on the scoreboard as he scored the Kings fourth goal of the game to tie it up halfway through the second period. He was later named the player of the game for his one goal and one assist performance.
But SAIT would regain their lead as forward Dylan Clark scored the seventh goal in the second period to put his team up 5-4.
With six seconds left to go in the middle frame, Steele tipped home his second powerplay goal of the game off a shot from
The Kings continued to outshoot the Trojans 38-24 following a high-scoring 20 minutes of play.
In the first three minutes of the third period, Trojans forward Connor Nolan (Bachelor of Business Administration) would score his first goal of the season to regain his team's one-goal lead.
The Trojans continued to find the back of the net as forward Ethan Klemen (Business Administration) scored the team's seventh goal on their 30th shot of the game which happened to be the game-winning goal.
A couple of minutes later, forward Dawson Leroux (Bachelor of Business Administration) was able to shovel his own rebound into the back of the net to come within one of the Trojans.
But that was the closest the Kings would get as they fell 7-6.
Associate Coach Cody Reynolds explained the team was just not defensively sound tonight.
"Our penalty kill committed a couple of errors which led to some powerplay goals for the Trojans. They are an opportunistic team and they took advantage of those errors committed on the man-advantage. We had a few defensive lapses in our own zone that we need to clean up before tomorrow night."
These two teams will be back at it tomorrow evening in Calgary for a 6:15 pm puck drop.